Ebay charged me final value fee on SHIPPING?? WTF

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Originally Posted by Reme Lebeau

I guess there were to many shmucks trying to bypass the final value fee by setting buy it now prices at the lowest possible price and then having the actually purchase price be the shipping cost. It was clever but Ebay got fed up and changed their policy now we're all paying for it. C'est la vie!

This is it exactly - thank the douches who were being shady and using loopholes rather than being honest

Originally Posted by El Diablo

Ahhh another fine example of eBay trying their hardest to alienate their customers! I look forward to the day those greedy bastiches get some real competition and go under.

They weren't trying to alienate thier customers - they were tired of getting taken advantage of...

Originally Posted by joefixit2

The problem is now that they have done that because of just a few people, now a lot more people are jacking up the shipping cost to cover what eBay will charge. I know I have.

It had to be way more than just a few - it was happening more and more from what I saw. Still, it's all about who offers the best combined price.

Originally Posted by patrickwm68

This is a big mistake on eBay's part because now sellers like myself are just going to charge more for shipping.

And that's the rub - I don't blame sellers for charging more to offset the costs.

[patrickwm68]

What if a bidder wins more then one item from a seller? Most sellers combined shipping on multiple auction wins. If I sell 10 items to one bidder am I'm going to be charged a shipping fee on each item or just the combined shipping?

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Originally Posted by patrickwm68

What if a bidder wins more then one item from a seller? Most sellers combined shipping on multiple auction wins. If I sell 10 items to one bidder am I'm going to be charged a shipping fee on each item or just the combined shipping?

That's a good question...

[joncorr]

it is based on your total invoice price

[NWO SCUM]

I know exactly how you feel. I sold something on ebay last month and was hit with a huge fee not to mention the others ones that added up. It's been a while since I sold on ebay so I was shocked to.

[hellboy120]

Horrible news, I was going to put something for sale but this news...

[The Batfan]

I dont see how its fair to do this if you are using their calculator and etc so that you are charging exactly what the usps is charging..

[patrickwm68]

Originally Posted by The Batfan

I dont see how its fair to do this if you are using their calculator and etc so that you are charging exactly what the usps is charging..

There's a handling fee option with the calculator so when you list your items you can add a little extra to the shipping. When the buyer uses the calculator it doesn't tell them that handling was added to the total it's giving them.

[Hellboy]

Yeah this sucks. I sold about $1600.00 worth of collectibles over the past month and got raped with fees.

The crap part about charging more for shipping is you end up getting a poor seller rating based on their 5 star system. Personally I don't think shipping & handling should be rated. I guess I shouldn't care about the rating but I pride myself of charging as close as possible to actual shipping fees.

[Daredevil]

The death of Ebay is near